Traditional Services

WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH

TRADITIONAL SERVICES

Wesley Sanctuary 7.30am | 9.30am (Live-streamed) | 11.30am | 5.00pm

4 May 2025 | Third Sunday of Easter

Liturgical Color: White
Lectionary: Psalm 30, Acts 9:1–6 (7–20),
Revelation 5:11–14, John 21:1–19
Hymns: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (UMH 315)
Spirit of Faith, Come Down (UMH 332)
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (UMH 479)
Sermon: Come and Dine (John 21:1–14)

I.  GATHERING

We gather in the Lord’s name weekly to be renewed in our hearts and minds. Our worship of God is a response to his revelation as he reveals his truth to us through Scripture, sermon, prayers and songs 

MEDITATION VERSES

“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”
Revelation 5:12

The LORD my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
Psalm 30:2

PREPARATION PRAYER 

Fill our worship with grace, Lord Jesus Christ,
that every thought, word, and deed may be acceptable to you,
our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. 

PRELUDE

GREETING

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

All: Eternal and merciful God,
you have loved us with a love beyond our understanding,
and you have set us on paths of righteousness for your name’s sake.
Yet we have strayed from your way;
we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
through what we have done and what we have left undone.
Grant us now, we pray, the grace to die daily to sin,
and to rise daily to new life in Christ,
who lives and reigns with you,
and in whose strong name we pray.
Amen. 

CALL TO WORSHIP *

Holy people of God, we are in the presence of God today because of his great mercy. As people of God who died together with Christ and are raised to new life in Christ
to be God’s holy people, let us praise our Lord Jesus Christ, together with all the saints who have gone before us:

“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,Revelation 5:12-13
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!
To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
Amen! 

OPENING HYMN *
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the StrainUMH 315

RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READINGPsalm 30

¹ I will exalt you, LORD,
   for you lifted me out of the depths
   and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
² LORD my God, I called to you for help,
   and you healed me.
³ You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
   you spared me from going down to the pit.
⁴ Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people;
   praise his holy name.
⁵ For his anger lasts only a moment,
   but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
   but rejoicing comes in the morning.
⁶ When I felt secure, I said,
   “I will never be shaken.”
⁷ LORD, when you favored me,
   you made my royal mountain stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
   I was dismayed.
⁸ To you, LORD, I called;
   to the LORD I cried for mercy:
⁹ “What is gained if I am silenced,
   if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
   Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
¹⁰ Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me;
     LORD, be my help.”
¹¹ You turned my wailing into dancing;
     you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
¹² that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
     LORD my God, I will praise you forever. 

PRAYER HYMN
Spirit of Faith, Come DownUMH 332 St. 1 & 2 

II.   SERMON       

III.   WE RESPOND IN SHARING AND GIVING

We respond to God’s Word through the sharing of peace, participating in and praying for the programs and initiatives of the church, as we seek to grow in our discipleship journey, offering time, money, and gifts where help is needed as God’s stewards. 

Welcome

Sharing of God's Peace *
Shalom to You   UMH 666

Family News

Offertory Prayer

Tithes and Gifts to God

Second/Communion Offering for WSCS Projects

Doxology * 
My TributeUMH 99

APOSTLES’ CREED *

RITUAL FOR HOLY COMMUNION

Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer (ASAS)
Giving the Bread and Cup
Partaking of Bread and Cup
Thanksgiving Prayer

IV.   SENDING FORTH

Having been renewed in our hearts and minds, we are to go forth into the world as Christ’s ambassadors in the ministry of reconciliation. 

CLOSING HYMN *
Jesus, Lover of My SoulUMH 479

BENEDICTION *

POSTLUDE

Prayer Ministry at the Altar
If you need someone to pray with you, please proceed to the inner rails of the altar area. If you wish to pray alone, please use the outer rails.

* Congregation may stand.